Topside Jacket Fabrication Works in Major Shipyards

Introduction

Fabrication and Load-out are two critical phases of any offshore development projects before the sail-away and offshore installation happens. This course aims to provide the participants with a comprehensive overview of Upstream Project Engineering, Fabrication, Erection, Assembly, Lifting, Load-out, and Sea-Transportation.

With a good understanding of fabrication, load-out, and transportation, the participants will be better prepared to function in the fabrication and construction department, as field and discipline engineers, project engineer, cost estimating engineers, fabrication contract admin executives, CSR, Construction supervisors, or fabrication planning engineer.

This training course will feature:

• Overview of field development planning (FDP) and project management
• Fabrication shop engineering and drawings
• Fabrication techniques
• Cutting and welding
• Blasting and painting
• Erection and assembly techniques
• Cranes and lifting techniques
• Load-out techniques, preparations, and ballasting
• Sea-fastening engineering and implementation
• Overview of offshore transportation and marine vessels
• Post-fabrication activities

Objectives

By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

• Understand what entails in field development planning (FDP) and project management
• Understand how the fabrication shop drawings are generated in the fabrication yards
• Understand fabrication, cutting and welding, blasting and painting, erection and assembly techniques in the fabrication yards
• Understand the cranes and lifting techniques
• Understand Erection, Loadout techniques and sea-fastening implementation at Fabrication yards
• Understand the selection of the major support marine vessels and major installation equipment for offshore installation works.
• Fully understand the structure and topsides installation techniques
• Fully understand what is involved in the mobilization of marine vessels, construction crew, marine crew, and construction equipment

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable for a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Field Engineers
• Construction Supervisors
• Project Engineers
• Operations Engineers
• Workpack Engineers
• Structural Engineers
• Metocean Engineers
• Pipeline Discipline Engineers
• Subsea Equipment Engineers
• Various Discipline Engineers (structural, piping, equipment, electrical, instrumentation)
• Maintenance Engineers
• Contract Administrators, Buyers, and Procurement Executives
• Cost Estimating, Project Control and Planning Engineers
• Managers and executives who are new to fabrication work of Topsides and Jacket fabrication works in shipyards.
• Other Engineers and technicians who need to update their current Oil and Gas industry experience and want to move to Offshore Field Development Projects

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Topsides and Jacket Fabrication Works in Major Shipyards

• Introduction to the fabrication of Topsides and Jacket fabrication Works

• Pre-course assessment test

• Identify and set the expectations of the course participants

• Learning objectives of the fabrication course

• Overview of Field Development Planning (FDP)

• Project Management Team (PMT), roles & responsibilities

• Contracting, subcontracting and Procurement activities

• Fabrication yard layout, load-out methods, workshops, and major equipment types

• Fabrication loading considerations, foundation preparation, and preliminary works

Day 2: Work Involved in Fabrication Phase

• Fabrication Engineering and Calculations

• Planning and scheduling

• Fabrication cost-time-resource (CTR) estimating

• Fabrication, erection, and assembly of major structures, substructures

• Pipeline procurement, concrete coatings, pipeline load out and transportation

Day 3: Fabrication Works at the Yards for Topside and Jacket Structures

• Blasting and painting activities

• Fabrication, erection, and assembly of topsides and living quarters modules

• Typical manpower and fabrication equipment planning and management

• Skid and Package Equipment

• Procurement,

• Factory Acceptance Testing,

• Delivery, storage, and preservation,

• Installation, site-testing, and acceptance

• Yard Pre-Commissioning activities

Day 4: Fabrication of Jacket Structures, Transportation and Loadout

• QA/QC in Fabrication

• HSE in Fabrication

• Weight control and weighing of structures in fabrication

• Jacket commissioning, trial fitting, and ship loose items management

• Testing, inspection, NDT, repairs

• Welding and welder qualifications

• Pile and conductors

• Make-up and fabrication

• Transportation arrangement consideration and load out

Day 5: Load-out Planning / Execution / Insurances

• Load-out planning, engineering for substructures and topside

• Load out execution, ballasting techniques and calculation

• Insurances, commercial and warranty surveys

• Post-project activities and learning